Twins 9, White Sox 3: Jesse Crain's Strikeouts in the Seventh the Difference
Twins hold off Sox rally, pull away late to extended division lead to seven games with 18 left to play.
| Final - 9.14.2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Twins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 1 |
| Chicago White Sox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
Twins hold off Sox rally, pull away late to extended division lead to seven games with 18 left to play.
The White Sox 2010 chances are dead with a loss at the hands of the Twins
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 1 |
| Chi. White Sox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| Minnesota Twins | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denard Span, CF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .265 |
| Orlando Hudson, 2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .275 |
| Joe Mauer, C | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .326 |
| Michael Cuddyer, 1B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .272 |
| Jason Kubel, RF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .256 |
| Delmon Young, LF | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .298 |
| Jason Repko, pr,7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .206 |
| Jim Thome, DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .278 |
| Alexi Casilla, pr,dh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 |
| Danny Valencia, 3B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .329 |
| J.J. Hardy, SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .270 |
| Totals | 37 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 5 | |
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francisco Liriano (W, 14-7) | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3.28 | 0 | 103-61 |
| Matt Guerrier | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.47 | 0 | 7-5 |
| Jesse Crain (, 1-0) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.59 | 0 | 20-13 |
| Brian Fuentes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.32 | 0 | 13-9 |
| Jon Rauch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.38 | 0 | 12-9 |
| Chicago White Sox | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juan Pierre, LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .272 |
| Alexei Ramirez, SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .282 |
| Alex Rios, CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .289 |
| Paul Konerko, 1B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .324 |
| Manny Ramirez, DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .270 |
| Carlos Quentin, RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .236 |
| A.J. Pierzynski, C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .265 |
| Omar Vizquel, 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .287 |
| Gordon Beckham, 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .255 |
| Totals | 33 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 11 | |
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Danks (L, 13-11) | 7 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.60 | 1 | 92-58 |
| Matt Thornton | 0.1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.20 | 0 | 23-9 |
| J.J. Putz | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.72 | 0 | 15-10 |
| Scott Linebrink | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.24 | 0 | 11-7 |